Senior Software Engineer - Ad Platform (Remote)

About the Role

Wurl is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our innovative team and work on our Ad Platform. This Senior Software Engineer remote position offers an exciting opportunity to build and optimize high-concurrency Go services that power our real-time advertising platform. You will be instrumental in ensuring our services thrive under extreme load, handling over 100,000 OpenRTB requests per second.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design and implementation of complex features within our Go-based ad-serving stack, optimized for high throughput.
• Utilize pprof and tracer to eliminate bottlenecks and tune memory allocation to meet aggressive latency targets.
• Maintain high-speed support for OpenRTB and VAST protocols, focusing on efficient request parsing and validation.
• Integrate services with Kafka pipelines and low-latency data stores to support real-time decision-making.
• Work closely with Platform Engineers to ensure application behavior aligns with infrastructure capabilities.
• Implement reliability patterns to maintain uptime during traffic surges.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for services from design through deployment to production monitoring.
• Lead design reviews and provide critical feedback on system architecture and API design.
• Mentor team members through code reviews and informal sessions on Go best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience building high-scale services in Go.
• Proven track record of operating distributed systems handling over 100,000 requests per second.
• Mastery of goroutines, channels, and synchronization primitives.
• Experience with OpenRTB, VAST, or similar programmatic advertising technologies preferred.
• Practical experience running and debugging services in Kubernetes and AWS environments.
• A pragmatic architect who values simple, effective solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience with stream processing technologies.
• Familiarity with performance tuning and optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of defensive engineering practices.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from $160,000 to $264,000 based on location and experience.
• Equity options as part of the total compensation package.
• Strong medical, dental, and vision benefits, fully paid by Wurl.
• Remote-first policy with flexible time off.
• 10 paid US holidays and 80 hours of paid sick leave per year.
• 401(k) matching and pre-tax savings plans.
• Wellness subscriptions for mental and physical health.
• $1,000 work-from-home stipend to set up your office.

Join Wurl to revolutionize the way the world watches television while enjoying a culture of mentorship, collaboration, and innovation. We encourage all applicants, even those who don’t meet 100% of the requirements, to apply. Passion and potential go a long way here at Wurl.